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    Marvin Somodio thrilled to train 'down to earth' Jennifer Garner

    Marvin Somodio on training Hollywood star Jennifer Garner: 'Sobrang bait and very humble'
    Sep 14, 2018

    MARVIN Somodio is not only becoming a sought-about trainer among world champions but also among Hollywood celebrities, too.

    Award-winning actress Jennifer Garner boxed and did a mitt session with Somodio just a few days ago at the Wild Card West gym in Santa Monica, boosting the Filipino’s growing reputation as one the best boxing trainers in California today.

    Somodio posted on his Instagram account a short clip of the 12-round session on the mitts he had with the 46-year-old Garner, best known for her roles in such blockbuster movies as Pearl Harbor, Daredevil, The Kingdom, Miracles From Heaven, and Nine Lives, among others.

    Accompanying the video was a photo of Somodio and a laughing Garner shortly after the training.

    Somodio, who once trained the legendary Manny Pacquiao and other world champions such as Brian Viloria, Miguel Cotto, Ruslan Provodnikov, Viktor Postol, Alberto Machado, among others, said Garner was just referred to him by film director Peter Berg.

    “Pinapa-train lang siya sa akin ni (Peter) Berg, sir,” related Somodio to SPIN.ph in a chat from Los Angeles, California, where he is now based with his family.

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      Berg, who directed Garner in The Kingdom starring Jamie Foxx, co-owns the Wild Card West gym.

      “Wala naman daw pelikulang gagawin, gusto lang mag-train.”

      For an A-list celebrity once married to fellow Hollywood superstar Ben Affleck, Somodio finds Garner very down to earth.

      “Sobrang bait and very humble considering na alam naman nating yung stature niya dito,” said the 34-year-old Filipino trainer, who works as chief assistant to Hall of Famer Freddie Roach.

      Although Garner, who shot to fame in the 2001 spy drama Alias, doesn’t regularly box, Somodio said the native of Houston, Texas has good boxing skills.

      “Kasi nag martial arts training na rin siya before sa mga ginawa niyang pelikula, kaya may galaw din kahit paano,” said Somodio, who lives with wife Melissa and two kids in the U.S.

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      Garner is the latest and biggest Hollywood personality Somodio has worked - a list that also includes Academy Award nominee Mickey Rourke, who also once boxed professionally, actress and singer Samantha Barks, and Spencer Grammer.

      Somodio has no idea on whether Garner will now become a regular fixture in the gym, but he sure hopes so.

      “Hindi ko alam pa sir. Alam naman nating busy yun,” he said. “Pag may time lang, tsaka lang yun nagbo-boksing.”

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